Summary:
The Ore City Independent School District (Isd) serves the city of Ore City, Texas, with three public schools—Ore City Elementary (PK-5), Ore City Middle (6-8), and Ore City High School (9-12)—serving a total of 788 students, with a significant portion of the student body coming from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Ore City High School is the district's standout performer, earning a 3-star rating for three consecutive years and boasting a strong 94.8% graduation rate with a very low 0.4% dropout rate. It excels in Biology (80.77% proficient) and U.S. History, and spends the most per student ($13,066). In contrast, Ore City Elementary is the most challenged school, holding a 1-star rating with all math and reading scores below state averages, and it spends the least per student ($10,033). Ore City Middle shows the most improvement, jumping from the 29th to the 49th percentile in one year, and is a bright spot for reading, with 7th and 8th graders scoring above the state average.
A critical red flag is the "Algebra I Gap": middle school students taking the exam achieve 83.33% proficiency, while high school students achieve only 16%, indicating a major instructional concern at the high school level. Mathematics is a district-wide weakness, with 7th-grade math at the middle school at just 7.55% proficiency. The district maintains small class sizes (average 10.1:1 student-teacher ratio), and while spending varies, it does not directly correlate with performance, suggesting resource allocation may be a factor in the performance gap between the high school and elementary school.
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